Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 50,166 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 50,166 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Nicaragua peaked at 50,166 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
That places Nicaragua 36th out of 112 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +233.3% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,327 ha | +44.2% |
| 1976 | 4,453 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 4,581 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 3,780 ha | -17.5% |
| 1979 | 4,676 ha | +23.7% |
| 1980 | 11,500 ha | +145.9% |
| 1981 | 15,400 ha | +33.9% |
| 1982 | 6,900 ha | -55.2% |
| 1983 | 4,400 ha | -36.2% |
| 1984 | 2,940 ha | -33.2% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | -32.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1988 | 980 ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +42.9% |
| 1990 | 4,550 ha | +225.0% |
| 1991 | 4,970 ha | +9.2% |
| 1992 | 4,200 ha | -15.5% |
| 1993 | 6,763 ha | +61.0% |
| 1994 | 17,919 ha | +165.0% |
| 1995 | 8,576 ha | -52.1% |
| 1996 | 13,659 ha | +59.3% |
| 1997 | 14,677 ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 14,433 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 22,940 ha | +58.9% |
| 2000 | 22,326 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 21,496 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 16,009 ha | -25.5% |
| 2003 | 23,009 ha | +43.7% |
| 2004 | 26,761 ha | +16.3% |
| 2005 | 30,735 ha | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 26,028 ha | -15.3% |
| 2007 | 28,127 ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 38,579 ha | +37.2% |
| 2009 | 32,290 ha | -16.3% |
| 2010 | 32,562 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 35,283 ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 37,980 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 45,887 ha | +20.8% |
| 2014 | 43,146 ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 44,299 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 42,453 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 46,260 ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 46,525 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 36,812 ha | -20.9% |
| 2020 | 45,288 ha | +23.0% |
| 2021 | 45,278 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 49,303 ha | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 50,166 ha | +1.8% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 50,166 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 50,166 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 24.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Nicaragua changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +233.3% | 300 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1990 | +225.0% | 1,400 ha | 4,550 ha |
| 1972 | +200.0% | 1,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1994 | +165.0% | 6,763 ha | 17,919 ha |
| 1980 | +145.9% | 4,676 ha | 11,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122.22 ha | 100 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,212 ha | 300 ha | 4,676 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,802 ha | 980 ha | 15,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,269 ha | 4,200 ha | 22,940 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,536 ha | 16,009 ha | 38,579 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,121 ha | 32,562 ha | 46,525 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,509 ha | 45,278 ha | 50,166 ha | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Nicaragua?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Nicaragua was 50,166 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 50,166 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 36th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.